Monday, June 22, 2009

Selling pressure in benchmarks intensified on Monday with poor opening of the European markets. The worst hit were oil & gas, power and metals stocks while banks and FMCG bucked the trend.

At 2 pm, Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex was at 14395.90, down 125.99 points or 0.87 per cent. The index touched an intra-day low of 14371.87 and high of 14668.40.National Stock Exchange’s Nifty was at 4256.80, down 56.80 points or 1.32 per cent. The broader index hit an intra-day high of 4352.25 and low of 4242.75.

BSE Midcap Index was up 0.04 per cent and BSE Smallcap Index was slipped 0.04 per cent.